One flag survives, Confederate Relic Room, Columbia, South Carolina, Dedmondt also provides information about the final set of colors, in the section on the Fourteenth S.C. Other flags associated with the early units are also covered. Dedmondt, Glenn, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina, ISBN NUMBER 1-56554-696-2

Citadel Flag
by Marilyn

PLEASE NOTE ALL REGIMENTS NUMBERED ONE THROUGH TEN WERE DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED BY THE 1862 REORGANIZATION.

FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT (GREGG’S)
FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT (McCreary's)
FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA PROVISIONAL
GREGG'S FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA VOLS

% MAY HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS THE CHEROKEE POND GUARDS DURING
FIRST ENLISTMENT.

CO B WAS THE 39TH BN S.C. STATE MILITIA BEFORE THE WAR.

W.H. CAMPBELL'S COMPANY WAS WITH GREGG FOR A SHORT TIME. THIS UNIT WAS FROM GREENVILLE, S.C., WITH CAPT. T.A. HOLTZCLAW, W.E. EARLE, J.F. FURMAN. THE UNIT LEFT FOLLOWING A BRIEF STAY WITH THE REGIMENT. THIS UNIT UNDER THE COMMAND OF WILLIAM E. EARLE BECAME CO. A OR H OF THE PALMETTO LIGHT ARTILLERY AND SERVED ON THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. (SEE PALMETTO LIGHT ARTILLERY)

Co K, Gregg's First was commanded by Capt. Matt B. Stanley. At the reorganization Co K becomes Company E, commanded by Capt. W.T. Shooter. Capt. Stanley goes to the McQueen Light Artillery. Stanley is a vet of the Mexican War. McQueen's Battery goes to Virginia under the command of Thomas E. Gregg and serves as Gregg's Battery, Pegram's Battalion. McQueen's is also known as Company B, S.C. siege train. Vol. 3, pages 480-484.

FIRST ORGANIZATION SIX MONTHS VOLUNTEERS:

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D.B. MILLER

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J.M. GADBERRY

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A.P. BUTLER

EDGEFIELD

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EDWARD MCCRADY JR.

CHARLESTON

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C.H. AXSON

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* KRICK CITES THIS NICKNAME WHICH IS ALSO CITED BY CAPERS AS PART OF THE FIRST RIFLES 12/60-04/61. OTHER SOURCES CITE MCCRADY AS COMMANDING THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS AT A LATER DAY. THEREFORE ALL MAY BE CORRECT OR EDWARD MCCRADY AND EDWARD MCGRATH'S NAMES/UNITS MAY BE CONFUSED.

Armstrong, James: Carolina Light Infantry's Record in the Great War.
Benson, Susan: Berry Benson's Civil War Book, Memoirs of A Confederate Scout and Sharpshooter.
BRUNSON, JOSEPH: Pee Dee Light Artillery, Roster of Company E and F, Six months Vols
Caldwell, J.F.J.: The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians.
CHAPMAN,J.A.:History of Edgefield County (Company B,E, and G)
Daly, Louise: Alexander Chevis Haskell, The Portrait of a Man.
Field, Ron: First S.C. Vols. Gregg's
News and Courier: The Irish Volunteers Memorial Meeting and Military Hall Festival, With a Brief Sketch of the Company
Ouzts, Clay: Maxcy Gregg and his Brigade of South Carolinians at Fredericksburg.